She was bornEduigeAntonia AlbinaMaino in the provinceofVeneto in Italy on December9. 1946, and she grew up in a modestvillagein the PiedmontnearTorino.
Light years, you might say, from the tiny Italian village of Orbassano, where Sonia Maino was born on Dec. 9, 1946 to construction worker Stefano and his wife Paola.